Surgery in the absence of pathology: The relationship of patients' presentation to gynecologists' decisions for hysterectomy

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 119-124

  Salmon, Peter ^a   Marchant Haycox, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Hysterectomy; Somatization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONSULTATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033696296     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3999(00)00103-3     Document Type: Article

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